JAMB Literature in English questions: Poetry: types and forms

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All topics Drama: types and elements · 29 Dramatic techniques · 37 Figures of speech · 35 General literary terms · 33 Literary appreciation: unseen poetry · 24 Literary appreciation: unseen prose · 24 Poetry: imagery, sound and structure · 27 Poetry: types and forms · 23 Point of view and narrative techniques · 21 Prose: plot, setting and characterisation · 22 Prose: types of fiction · 20

Question 1· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A lyric poem expresses
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Question 2· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A short poem expressing the poet's personal thoughts and feelings is a
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Question 3· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
In concrete (shape) poetry, the words are arranged so that
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Question 4· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A haiku is a short poem of
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Question 5· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A villanelle has
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Question 6· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A humorous five-line poem with the rhyme scheme aabba is a
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Question 7· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme is a
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Question 8· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet is divided into
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Question 9· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A panegyric is
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Question 10· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
Free verse is poetry that
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Question 11· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into
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Question 12· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
Traditional African oral poetry includes
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Question 13· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A pastoral poem idealises
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Question 14· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A Shakespearean sonnet ends with
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Question 15· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A poem mourning the death of a chief and praising his deeds is
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Question 16· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A poem that tells a story in short stanzas, often with a refrain, and was first meant to be sung is a
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Question 17· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A limerick is
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Question 18· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A poem in praise of a person, object or event, usually in an elevated style, is an
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Question 19· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A long narrative poem about the deeds of a hero is an
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Question 20· Poetry: types and forms· JAMB
A haiku is a Japanese poem of
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JAMB Literature in English questions: Poetry: types and forms

A lyric poem expresses

A short poem expressing the poet's personal thoughts and feelings is a

In concrete (shape) poetry, the words are arranged so that

A haiku is a short poem of

A villanelle has

A humorous five-line poem with the rhyme scheme aabba is a

A poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme is a

A Petrarchan (Italian) sonnet is divided into

A panegyric is

Free verse is poetry that

A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into

Traditional African oral poetry includes

A pastoral poem idealises

A Shakespearean sonnet ends with

A poem mourning the death of a chief and praising his deeds is

A poem that tells a story in short stanzas, often with a refrain, and was first meant to be sung is a

A limerick is

A poem in praise of a person, object or event, usually in an elevated style, is an

A long narrative poem about the deeds of a hero is an

A haiku is a Japanese poem of